2024-07-22 05:30:05
Both members of the Employers’ Confederation of the Mexican Republic (Coparmex) and specialists made a called to the National Electoral Institute (INE) and the Electoral Court of the Judicial Branch of the Federation (TEPJF) for avoid the overrepresentation in the Chamber of Deputies.
The concern of the businessmen was expressed by a possible majority official in the Chamber of Deputies that it is regressive to the 70s when minorities were oppressed.
With what they expect guarantee for the democracy Mexican so that these circumstances are not repeated in 2024.
Coparmex sees overrepresentation as a decision that will affect citizens
Jose Medina Morapresident of Coparmex, recalled that on June 2, the coalition of Morena-PT-PVEMwon a big majority of votes in Congress and it is intended assign them up to 75 percent of the seats in the Chamber of Deputiesso they would have a control practically total.
It would mean, he explained, that while Morena and its allies are granted one deputy for every 80 thousand votes. as for the opposition would only get one deputy for every 200 thousand votes.
So this is The decision on overrepresentation would affect the will of the citizens who did vote for other political options that will not be represented in 46 percent, but would drop to 25 percent.
He also recalled that the Article 54 of the Constitution establishes clear boundaries to the overrepresentation because it mentions that No political force has more than 300 deputies or more than 8 percent.
Coparmex and specialists consider a historic decision by the INE and the Electoral Court to avoid overrepresentation
In this regard, the president of Coparmex warned that the electoral authorities of the INE and of the TEPJF They have in their hands a historic decision to faithfully reflect the will of the voters.
“Let us hope that this historic decision by the National Electoral Institute, the Electoral Tribunal of the Judicial Branch of the Federation, will allow Mexican democracy to move forward and not suffer a regression to the Mexico of the 1970s, when the opposition could not even file a claim of unconstitutionality.
This is how important the decision is that falls to the National Electoral Institute and the Electoral Court of the Judicial Branch of the Federation”
Jose Medina Mora, President of Coparmex
For his part, Pedro Salazar of the National Council of the Mexican Bar Association, considered that although the officialism can interpret the Article 54 of the Constitution, this would be a very narrow way.
Salazar believed that the origin of that must be taken into account. constitutional provision and that the reason for being the same and what the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation has said (SCJN) about the overrepresentation.
Also remember that the objective of this law is that No party “appropriates” the content of the Constitution.
2024-07-22 05:30:05